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[BALLADS OF AYRSHIRE]. The ballads and songs of ayrshire, illustrated with sketches, historical, traditional, narrative and biographical.. Ayr. Published for the editor by John Dick, 1846. First edition. 8vo. 120pp. With original publisher's printed yellow front-wrapper bound in. Nineteenth century yellow cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled, light surface wear to corners. Inked ownership inscription to FEP. Paper repairs to wrapper, light scattered marginal spotting. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 34789
[GARTH, Samuel]. The dispensary. A poem. In six canto's.. London. Printed for J. and R. Tonson , 1741. 8vo. [24], 84pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Title page in red and black. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, with contrasting (modern) gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-piece to spine. Worn, with surface loss to boards, chipping to foot of spine, light scoring, and staining to upper board. With a pasted-in portrait of the author to second blank fly-leaf. Leaves browned, with scattered spotting and staining. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 34973
[LEVER,Charles]. The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer. London. William Curry, Jun. And Company., 1845. 8vo. xv, 343pp. Complete with engraved frontispiece, extra engraved title and all illustrations. Handsomely bound in contemporary tan straight-grain morocco, elaborate gilt decoration to spine with contrasting red morocco lettering piece and gilt titling. Marbled end papers and edging. Some rubbing to extremities and as often, illustrations heavily oxidized. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 10201
GRANT, Mrs. Poems on various subjects. Edinburgh. Printed for the Author by J. Moir, 1803. First edition. 8vo. 447pp. With a list of subscribers. Uncut in recent calf-backed marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Very minor wear to extremities. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 11594
BOWLES, Caroline. The birth-day; a poem, in three parts: to which are added, occasional verses. Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Thomas Cadell, 1836. First edition. 8vo. [6], ii, 288pp. With half-title. Original publisher's green cloth with gilt title. Heavily sunned at spine and top edge, head and foot of spine rubbed with slight loss, somewhat soiled. With ink inscription to recto of dedication reading 'With best regards to Charlotte Hamilton from Marianne Tallot(?)', otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 12822
TANSILLO, Luigi. The Nurse, a poem. Translated from the Italian of Luigi Tansillo. By William Roscoe. Dublin. Printed for B. Dornin, 1800. Third edition. 12mo. 31, [1], 89, [3], 34pp. In three parts; a life of Tansillo, the nurse, and notes - each has separate pagination, the register is continuous. The poem has parallel Italian and English texts. With a half-title. Contemporary calf, morocco lettering-piece, gilt, marbled endpapers and edges. Rubbed, joints cracked, some loss to head of spine. Upper hinge cracked, armorial bookplate of Roberti Bourne to FEP. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 13217
[BEWICK, Thomas]. BROWN, Walter. Fables. London. Published by S. Grosvenor, 1884. First edition. Quarto. [2], 68pp, [2]. WIth a woodcut frontispiece and numerous woodcuts in the text by Thomas Bewick. Handsomely bound in modern red half-morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, green cloth boards. Very minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, frontispiece marked and creased with naive paper repair to lower corner. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 13929
ARMSTRONG, Edmund J[ohn]. The life and letters of Edmund J. Armstrong. London. Longmans, Green, And Co., 1877. First edition. 8vo. xvii, 565pp, [3]. With half-title, a photographic portrait frontispiece, an additional engraved title, and a terminal advertisement leaf. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt. Slightest of rubbing. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inscribed in ink to half-title; 'Marie E. Wrixon / from / George F. Armstrong / September, 1878'. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 14580
[BATACCHI, Domenico Luigi]. Lo zibaldone poemetto burlesco. Italia [i.e. Italy]. [s.n.], 1810. 12mo. 273pp, [1]. Contemporary marbled paper boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Extremities rubbed, corners bumped. Ink annotation to title-page, occasional trimming to margins, small marginal repair to lower corner of leaf B2, leaves lightly toned. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 16828
[HUDDESFORD, George]. Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry: consisting of illusions of fancy; amatory, elegiac, lyrical, epigrammatical, and other palatable ingredients. London. Printed by T. Bensley...For T. Payne et al., 1791. First edition. Quarto. [6], 151pp, [3]. With an additional engraved title-page and a terminal errata leaf. Early twentieth-century half-calf, marbled boards, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Additional engraved title-page foxed, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 17067
HOUSSAYE, Arsene. Les grandes dames. Paris. E. Dentu, 1868. First edition. 8vo. In four volumes. [4], viii, 387, [1]; [4], 379, [1]; [4], 363, [1]; [4], 366pp. With four engraved plates. Contemporary calf-backed marbled brown cloth boards, gilt. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, lightly spotted, occasional toning to leaves. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 18199
CONRAD, Joseph. Last essays. London & Toronto. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1926. First edition. 8vo. xvii, [1], 253pp, [1]. With a frontispiece: 'A facsimile of the last page written by Conrad'. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Very light shelf-wear, dustwrapper sunned and spotted, some loss to foot of spine panel. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 18286
AUDEN, W. H.. Some poems. London. Faber and Faber, 1940. First edition. 8vo. 80pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's salmon paper boards, dustwrapper. Very slight marking to boards, dustwrapper a trifle chipped and creased, spine panel sunned. Internally clean and crisp. A very good copy. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 18774
BRUEYS, [David-Augustin de]. PALAPRAT, [Jean de]. L'avocat patelin, comedie en trois actes et en prose, Par MM. brueys et palaprat. Representee pour la premiere sois a Paris, par les Comediens Francais, le 4 juin 1706. A Paris. Chez Mad. George, [1798]. Nouvelle edition [i.e. new edition]. 8vo. 36pp. Uncut, stitched, as issued, in original publisher's drab paper wrappers. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to title, printed paper slip bearing the imprint of Chez Mad. George pasted over the actual imprint of Chez Fages, slight loss to lower margin of leaf D2, light spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 19035
WILBERFORCE, Edward. BLANCHARD, Edmund Forster. Poems. London. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857. First edition. 8vo. iv, 149pp, [1], 24pp. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed, sunned, and a trifle marked. Newspaper review pasted to verso of FFEP, occasional spotting. Presentation copy, signed by Edward Wilberforce to verso of FFEP. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 19067
MORTON, Thomas. Speed the plough: a comedy, in five acts... London. Printed by A. Strahan...for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1800. Fifth edition. 8vo. 94pp, [2]. A reissue of the first edition with the title page partially reset. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Recent burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly dust-soiled and browned internally. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 19461
GREEN, Matthew. The spleen, and other poems... London. Printed for T. Cadell, junr. and W. Davies, 1796. 8vo. [4], xxxi, [1], 94pp, [2]. With a half-title, three engraved plates, and a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary speckled calf, morocco lettering-piece, gilt. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, booklabel of John Hely-Hutchinson of Chippenham Lodge, Ely to verso of FFEP, slight loss to lower corner of half-title, plates foxed. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 19738